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defensively, we think about baltimore as a great defense. they are really not. at this point, they have been very good in the playoffs, but throughout the year san francisco's defense has been truly elite. the speedthey have with their two best linebackers in willis and bowman and not to mention brooks. plus they have a terrific all-around defense starting with their front 4. really, to me, the premier defense in the league. so i would focus on running backs, defense and then quarterbacks obviously. i will give a slight edge to kapernikk but joe flacko is the all time winnesting quarterback which i think is huge in this game. >> we heard first media criticisms of both sides. the media story about ray louis and him doping deer antler spray and the 49er locker room gay chatter. will that have any effect on this game on sunday? >> i don't think it will. once the game starts, all of that stuff disappears disappears. it's great fodder for us, you know, for me as a reporter. you know, i definitely don't mind it. but this is going to be, i think, a terrific game betwee
defensively, we think about baltimore as a great defense. they are really not. at this point, they have been very good in the playoffs, but throughout the year san francisco's defense has been truly elite. the speedthey have with their two best linebackers in willis and bowman and not to mention brooks. plus they have a terrific all-around defense starting with their front 4. really, to me, the premier defense in the league. so i would focus on running backs, defense and then quarterbacks...
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they are going to have to be a slimmer defense budget with some defense choices? >> a budget as we have had for the last 10 years, we've doubled since 9-11. they think it will go up and up. the history is like a snake. it goes up after the korean war, up after vietnam. up during bush. the defense budget will end up $100,000,000,000 a year less. >> that's the slope. >> that's why you need somebody like chuck hagel, to separate the wheat from the chaff. >> bill: leon panetta, "zero dark thirty" seems to imply we got osama bin lauden because of waterboarding waterboarding. did we? >> no. the intelligence agencies are clear, the enhanced interrogation february negus never led to any information that got us to osama bin laden it was the cooperative approaches, the winning over the confidence of some of these key prisoners that got us the coordinates we needed to get bin laden >> bill: leon panetta reminding us it's just a movie? >> just a movie, mans good movie. >> but not a message there that torture is good or that waterboarding is good or that waterboarding work at
they are going to have to be a slimmer defense budget with some defense choices? >> a budget as we have had for the last 10 years, we've doubled since 9-11. they think it will go up and up. the history is like a snake. it goes up after the korean war, up after vietnam. up during bush. the defense budget will end up $100,000,000,000 a year less. >> that's the slope. >> that's why you need somebody like chuck hagel, to separate the wheat from the chaff. >> bill: leon...
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it could be the defense secretary. it could be the national security advisors or it could be just some low-level [delete]cleric clerk out in the -- mid level, let's saycleric clerk out in the -- mid level, let's say say? >> it's completely unaccountable. >> bill: on the issue -- that whole question of drones i think a very serious one and i am sure today's briefing is going to be no, ma'am -- dominated by that as well. the president, a couple of days ago, out in minneapolis on the issue of guns this with law enforcement officials, looks like the president has this issue, he is running with it and he doesn't care whether politically it's an uphill battle or not. do you get that sense? >> yes, i do but i think he also -- he's also starting to realize he's going to have a problem with an assault weapons ban, which is very disappointing. it's got a problem with, you know, the senate majority leader on the assault weapons ban. this should be a no-brainer it seems to me. you know, the thing about -- i have an article coming
it could be the defense secretary. it could be the national security advisors or it could be just some low-level [delete]cleric clerk out in the -- mid level, let's saycleric clerk out in the -- mid level, let's say say? >> it's completely unaccountable. >> bill: on the issue -- that whole question of drones i think a very serious one and i am sure today's briefing is going to be no, ma'am -- dominated by that as well. the president, a couple of days ago, out in minneapolis on the...
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the things they didn't ask him about moving forward including the defense cuts and defense budget and sequestration which i want to ask you about when we come back from this break. congressman joe courtney from connecticut here on the "full court press." tuesday morning. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 13 minutes before the top of th
the things they didn't ask him about moving forward including the defense cuts and defense budget and sequestration which i want to ask you about when we come back from this break. congressman joe courtney from connecticut here on the "full court press." tuesday morning. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest....
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so that's a -- this is a self-defense principle. it has always been out there. that's actually what has been picked apart by this memo. so the memo basically says -- which is the law that the country can protect itself against imminent, specific attack. but then they basically said it really doesn't have to be specific. we can have a general view that someone may be involved in terrorism activities. >> bill: imminent doesn't mean an immediate threat. >> yes. they actually say that the government does not need clear evidence that someone is involved in an immediate attack. and you know, i have a fifth grade son. he knows what imminent means. everybody knows what imminent means. imminent means it is about to happen. they're saying no, it means something else. there is general on-going suspicion about the person. and what we're talking about here is killing united states citizens without any due process, without any court review based on the say so of one person. he may be someone that you trust right now. president obama. but this is a principle that's going to ou
so that's a -- this is a self-defense principle. it has always been out there. that's actually what has been picked apart by this memo. so the memo basically says -- which is the law that the country can protect itself against imminent, specific attack. but then they basically said it really doesn't have to be specific. we can have a general view that someone may be involved in terrorism activities. >> bill: imminent doesn't mean an immediate threat. >> yes. they actually say that...
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president obama is speaking at the armed forces farewell tribute today in honor of defense secretary lienon panetta. he will be at joint base myer henderson at 4:00 this afternoon. this is the formal goodbye for panetta stepping down from his position. yesterday, he testified over the attacks in benghazi where he revealed there was no advanced warning for those attacks. he said that factor plus the time and distance involved prevented the u.s. military from reaching the consulate before four americans were killed. panetta also confirmed he personally broke the news to president obama the night of the attack but that the two did not speak the rest of the evening as the assault continued to unfold. the president had told panetta to do whatever he needed to do to protect our people out in benghazi. today, house democrats wrap up their annual retreat with a little comedy. stephen colbert is speaking to the caucus thanks to an invite from nancy pelosi. after his comedy routine, pelosi will interview colbert in front of the house democrats. a spokesman said they assume this is colbert's at
president obama is speaking at the armed forces farewell tribute today in honor of defense secretary lienon panetta. he will be at joint base myer henderson at 4:00 this afternoon. this is the formal goodbye for panetta stepping down from his position. yesterday, he testified over the attacks in benghazi where he revealed there was no advanced warning for those attacks. he said that factor plus the time and distance involved prevented the u.s. military from reaching the consulate before four...